Section 3-216 - Employment of individual without certification prohibited. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-216. Employment of individual without certification prohibited.
 

(a)  In general.- A law enforcement agency may not employ an individual as a police officer for a period not exceeding 1 year unless the individual is certified by the Commission. 

(b)  Exception.-  

(1) In this subsection, "nonfull-time police officer" means an individual who does not work in the law enforcement field at least 7 months during the calendar year. 

(2) The certification requirements of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to the nonfull-time police officers of a law enforcement agency that: 

(i) employs, during a calendar year, at least 70 full-time sworn police officers; and 

(ii) employs at least 100 nonfull-time police officers. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 4-201(j)(1), (2); 2003, ch. 5, § 2.]